“He walked to the other side of the classroom where we also had another door,” Giasolli told the Today show. “And he opened the door as if he was going to go back to his seat and then he walked back to the door and he closed it. The next thing I know he’s pulling a gun and he’s telling nobody to move.”

Kendrick Castillo pictured with NHRA drag racer John Harold Force

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Castillo, she said, didn’t hesitate.

“That’s when Kendrick lunged at him and he shot Kendrick, giving all of us enough time to get underneath our desks, to get ourselves safe and to run out … across the room to escape,” Giasolli said, fighting back tears.

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